#Takata

A total of 35,000 of the more than 80,000 vehicles which were recalled in February following a decree issued by Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades due to the fact they had been fitted ...

Half of the cars on Cyprus’ roads have been imported secondhand and, despite efforts to move forward with the replacement of faulty Takata airbags following deaths and injuries, Transport Minister ...

The Road Transport Department (TOM) will undergo a total overhaul as part of measures to be implemented after a report prepared by the inquiry commission into the history of faulty ...

Yiannos Oxinos, the father of Kyriakos who was killed in a Takata airbag accident, praises the public inquiry but says there remain serious unanswered questions The other day I was ...

The four people who served as transport minister between 2013 and 2023 “bear heavy responsibility” for the issue of faulty airbags and their permeation into the Cypriot market, the report submitted by ...

An investigation will be made into possible criminal activity on the part of former transport minister Marios Demetriades over the matter of faulty airbags in Cyprus and their import into ...

The report documenting the findings of the committee formed to investigate the history of faulty airbags in Cyprus and their import into the country recommended that criminal charges be brought ...

A report documenting the findings of the committee formed to investigate the history of faulty airbags in Cyprus and their import into the country will be presented to Attorney-General George ...

Parents of people killed in car accidents due to faulty airbags manufactured by Japanese company Takata decried the “cheap excuses” offered by current and former state officials called to testify ...

The Consumer Protection Service forwarded 4,966 Rapex notifications concerning vehicle recalls to the Road Transport Department (TOM) between 2011 and 2025, but has yet to receive a single response, the service’s director ...

Manufacturers kept recalls secret as they did not want problems publicised, a former senior official at the road transport department told the Takata airbags inquiry on Tuesday. Sotiris Kolettas, who ...

A new hearing took place on Monday before the investigative committee examining vehicle imports into Cyprus and the handling of car recalls due to defective airbags. At the centre of ...

Proceedings before the investigative committee, examining the circulation and recall of vehicles with faulty parts, resumed on Wednesday in a tense and emotionally charged setting with testimonies from bereaved families. ...

The three-member committee appointed to examine the recalls process for cars – faulty Takata airbags in particular – imported from the EU and third countries continues its hearings on Thursday. At the ...

The terms of reference for the three-member committee appointed to investigate the import of vehicles with potentially defective airbags from was published on Friday. The committee, which is chaired by ...

The three-member committee appointed to examine the recalls process for cars imported from the EU and third countries will hear its first testimonies next week, it announced on Tuesday. The ...

Another 6,820 vehicles have been added to the list of recalls in connection with the defective Takata airbag, a senior official told parliament on Thursday. Head of the Road Transport Department ...

The three-member committee appointed to investigate the supply of vehicles from the EU, the import of vehicles from third countries and the recall of those cars was sworn in on ...

Around 7,000 faulty airbags have been replaced so far since the government decreed the recall of over 80,000 cars at the beginning of February, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Friday. Speaking ...

Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades announced on Wednesday the names of the members of the committee that will investigate vehicle recalls linked to defective Takata airbags. Speaking in parliament, Vafeades confirmed ...

It is “only a matter of time” before all the affected vehicle distributors in Cyprus have enough airbags to carry out the replacements required by the government’s recall decree, ...

The north has “no time to waste” over the issue of faulty airbags manufactured by Japanese company Takata, Cyprus Turkish Chamber of Mechanical Engineers chairman Ayer Yarkiner said on Friday. ...

The transport ministry is examining the possibility of issuing a decree to regulate charges imposed by some companies linked to replacing defective Takata airbags. This was revealed by Energy Minister ...

Hands up anyone who thinks there will be full accountability for the Takata airbags scandal that has resulted in the deaths of two young people that we know of and ...